CVE-2009-2185

Openswan ASN.1 parser vulnerability

Published Jun 24, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
The ASN.1 parser (pluto/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1_parser.c) in (a) strongSwan 2.8 before 2.8.10, 4.2 before 4.2.16, and 4.3 before 4.3.2; and (b) openSwan 2.6 before 2.6.22 and 2.4 before 2.4.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) via an X.509 certificate with (1) crafted Relative Distinguished Names (RDNs), (2) a crafted UTCTIME string, or (3) a crafted GENERALIZEDTIME string.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1898-1 New openswan packages fix denial of service
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1899-1 New strongswan packages fix denial of service
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2181 The ASN.1 parser (pluto/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1_parser.c) in (a) strongSwan 2.8 before 2.8.10, 4.2 before 4.2.16, and 4.3 before 4.3.2; and (b) openSwan 2.6 before 2.6.22 and 2.4 before 2.4.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) via an X.509 certificate with (1) crafted Relative Distinguished Names (RDNs), (2) a crafted UTCTIME string, or (3) a crafted GENERALIZEDTIME string.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:44 AM
Reserved
Jun 24, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 25, 2009, 2:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:08 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jun 22, 2009, 12:00 AM